Nipple container



y 1 c. DICKERSON 2,835,406

NIPPLE CONTAINER Filed Sept. 22, 1953 l0 3"- Leo C! Dickerson INVENTOR.

' Q BY United States Patent NIPPLE CGNTAINER Lee (C. Dickerson, Houston,Tern, assignor of thirty-seven and one-half percent to Leo C. Dickerson,.lr., twelve one-halt percent to Fermon Tom Walton and twelve and onehalf percent to Abe Gollob, all of Houston, Tex.

Application September 22, 1953, Serial No. 381,713

1 Claim. (Cl. 220-21) This invention relates to a nipple kit, and moreparticularly to a kit which consists of a metal carrying de vice withslots therein for carrying an assortment of various sized plumbingnipples.

An object of this invention is to provide a nipple kit wherein thenipples will always be retained in a predetermined position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a nipple kit which willcarry a complete assortment of various sized nipples.

A further object of this invention is to provide a nipple kit havingspacing means therein for retaining the assortment of nipples inspaced-apart relationship.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a nipple kitwhich is simple and eflicient in construction and durable and lasting inuse.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, where-v inlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the vnipple kit forming thesubject of this invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along the section line2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the section line33 of Figure 2.

Referring now more specifically to the accompanying drawings, it will beseen that the improved nipple kit forming the subject of this inventionincludes, as shown in Figure 2, a base 10, having a pair of vertical endwalls 12 extending upwardly therefrom at each end.

The upper edges of the end walls 12 are connected together by means of alongitudinal member 14. The longitudinal member 14 is relatively thinand has the side edges thereof turned inwardly toward each other to forma handle for carrying the kit.

The base has secured to the sides thereof a pair of vertical side walls16. The side walls 16 are greater in height at one end than at the otherend.

A plurality of transverse dividers 18 extend between "ice and areattached to the side walls 16. The dividers 18 are of the same height,relatively, to economize in material and are corrugated in cross sectionand so positioned that the corrugations of one divider are axiallyaligned with the corrugations of the other dividers. The dividers 18vare so positioned that nipples 20 may be placed in the corrugationsthereof and between the dividers. The dividers 18 are progressivelyelevated and spaced above the base 10 from one end wall 12 to the otherend wall 12 in the direction of the increasing height of the side walls16. Thus, shallow nipples will be placed adjacent the lower end of thewall 16 and nipples of increasing size will be spaced between thesedividers in progressive direction toward the higher end of side wall 16and the dividers are interchangeable in attaching the same.

In practical use, the kit is filled with an assortment of various sizednipples and it is possible to tell at a glance which nipples areincluded in the kit. When one or more nipples have been used by aplumber, upon returning to the shop he will be able to tell immediatelywhich nipples need to be replaced.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understoodand further explanation is believed to be unnecessary.However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur tothose skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention tothe exact construction shown and described, and accordingly all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be' resorted to, falling within thescope of the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A nipple kit comprising a base, a pair of vertical end walls extendingupwardly from said base, a longitudinal member connecting the upperedges .of said end walls, a pair of side walls extending upwardly fromsaid base, said side walls being higher at one end than the other end,and a plurality of transverse dividers of the same height relativelyconnected between said side walls, said dividers being corrugated incross section with the corrugations of each divider being aligned withthe corrugations of the other dividers, said dividers beingprogressively elevated above and spaced from the base from one end wallto the other in the direction of the change in height of the side walls.

References ited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D.126,436 Hutchings Apr. 8, 1941 D. 147,981 Lehman Nov. 25, 1947 476,150Knight May 31, 1892 1,025,255 Driver May 7, 1912 1,978,290 Arthur Oct.23, 1934 2,233,813 Grossman Mar. 4, 1941 2,626,079 Keller Ian. 20, 1953FOREIGN PATENTS 860,150 France Sept. 24, 1940

